The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-01-12
United States Senator'S Whose Terms Of 0fics
Expire the 4th Of March Next
Important Legislation to bs Considered in Con-
grsss the Present Week.
Mr.. Springer'S Proposed Amendment to the Pa
Cifc Railroad Funding Bill
Action Upon the Interstate Commerce Bill
in the House to be Postponed Until Sem
atorial Conclusion is Reached.
Special TO the Sentinel.

Special TO the Sentinel.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-of the Senators
whose termsexpire on the 4th of March, the
following have already been reelected for
six years: A. p German, Maryland; James
u George, Mississippi; Nelson w. Aldrich,
Rhode Island; John Sherman, Ohio;
George F. Edmunds, Vermont; John
w. Daniels, Virginia; Eugene Hale, Maine.
Among the new Senators elected are
Matthew S. Quay. of Pennsylvania, to sue
ceed Senator Mitchell; ex-senator Stewart,
of Nevada, to fill the discarded seat of Fair;
ex-governor Davis, to succeed Senator
Sawyer, of Minnesota, and Francis B. Stock
bridge, of Michigan, to succeed Senator
Conger.
There is no doubt of the reelection of
Joseph r. Hawley, OF Connecticut; George
Gray, of Delaware; Francis NJ. Cockrell. OF
Missouri; John n. Camden, of West Vir
ginia, and Philetus Sawyer, of Wisconsin.
The fight in New York is now at its
zenith, with three miIlionaires contesting
for the prize-Levi P. Morton, Senator Miller
and Frank Hiscock-with the chances in
favor of Morton. II. II. Warner, the Roches-
ter patent medicine man. is the dark horse
hitched in the rear.
Illinois presents Farwell, Cannon, Payson
and Henderson, with host of little
nobodies for the dead Logan's seat
Farwen has the longest pole, TO, the
persimmon-seyeTal million dollars long
and as rich men mostly break into the
Senate the chances are in favor of Farwell.
Being from Chicago and backed by its in
fuences, he naturally leads.
George Hearst, Democrat another million
aire, will probably be elected to succeed
Senator Williams, who is serving the frag-
mentary term of Miller, deceased. He has
John 2. Irish, John Wilson and George Del
mar as competitors Only a coalition of
Democrats and Republicans can beat him.
Hearst is not heavy caliber except as to his
purse.
Samuel Bell Maxey would like to return
| to the Senate from Texas. His chief op-
ponents are John Ireland the somewhat
| jingoistic Governor, who hates Mexico and
| refuses to issue thanksgiving prociamations,
and Judge Reagan. Possibly Judge Terrill,
| of Austin, is ahead of Reagan. There has
| been some talk of giving Congressman Well
/ born the Senatorship as consolation purse
| for his defeat in the race for reelection, but
such thing is unlikely. A promising dark
/ horse is Congressman Culberson. If he
/ should be chosen his retirement from the
/ House would leave Congressman Collins, of
/ Boston, the ranking member OF the Com
mittee on J judiciary.
Next to Indiana, the most interesting
/ fight will be in Nebraska. Senator Van
/ Wyck, the incumbent, is really a thorn in
/ the Republican side. He is a great anti
! monopO!st, and his own party would like
/ to give him the grand bounce" but they
fear to do it, as he received over 81, 900 of the
popular vote at the November election for
/ Senator.
In New Jersey Senator Sewell will be sue
ceeded by Governor Leon Albeit The situ-
/ alton there is nearly an alogous to that of In
diana, but they have no Lieutenant Governor
/ complication. The Republicans have thirty
/ eight, Democrats thirty mine, and two Labor
/ Democrat members. The New York Tribune
| hints that Albeit will not get his seat if
/ elected. There is developed by this fact aud
] - in haf bc
/ publicaDs in the Senate propose il possible
! to steal that body as they did the Presidency
| in 1876.
Tennessee has ne lack of aspirants. w
| B. Bate, the retiring Governor, Albert S.
Marks, Ex-Governor, and John +. House,
/ the ex-Congressman, are the principal can
| didates, with Judge L. L. Sneed, T.. w. Cate
Assistant Secretary Porter, of the State De
/ partment, Indian Commissioner Atkins and
| ex-Congressman Bright in the background.
| Senator Whitthorne himself is mentioned
now and then, bet he is looking forward to
service in the House, to which he was
| elected last fall.
Ex-Governor Cheney is filling the unex-
| pred term of Senator Austin Pike, deceased
The Legislature of New Hampshire does not
i meet until June. In the meantime the
warriors are pulling on their gaffs and spurs
Ex Secretary OF the Navy Chandler, Ex-
| Senator Rollins, Senator Cheney and host
| of local pop guns all want to rattle round in
| the big Senatorial shell. There is not name
mentioned that is known beyond the limits
| of the two-by-ten State.
The Washington eorrespondent OF the Bos-
ton Globe says of the Indiana contest:
| But as for the seven other Senator'S whose
high commissions are dying, they are
J just now doing some of their most
| animated scratching to catch on
again. Harrison, of Indiana, is probably
willing to swim in Hoosier gore to reverse
| the legally secured and certified Demo-
cratic majority in the Indiana Legislature.
! II he fails now there will never be secoud
Harrison in the White House. II he suc-
| ceeds what would there be to hinder his
| saying, in 1888, 81 am the only man living
to steal Indiana for you" According to the
returns the Democrats have the Indiana
Senate by twelve majority, and the Repub-
licaDs the House by ten, which would
leave the Democrats in a majority of two on
| Joint ballot. The Republicans swore that
two of the Democratic Representatives re
ceiviDg majority votes we've technically dis
qualified, and that they would throw them
out of the House and admit their minority
competitors. The Democrats at once
hunted up disquallfyiDg evidence against
three Republican Senator'S, and declared
they would throw them out of the Senate if
their men were molested in the House.
Then the war of contests had begun each
party presenting Roland for every Oliver